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No. 528,784. I Patented Nov. 6, 1894.

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THOMAS F. MARSHALL, OF OAKLAND, CALIFORNIA.

SHOE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 528,784, dated November6, 1 894.

Application filed August 11, 1893- Serial No. 482.883. illomodel.)

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THOMAS F. MARSHALL, a subject of the Queen of GreatBritain, residing at Oakland, in the county of Alameda and State ofCalifornia, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bootsand Shoes, of which the following is a full, clear, and exactdescription. v

The object of my invention is to provide an improved lining for theelastic gores of boots or shoes and to this end the invention consistsin the novel construction hereinafter particularly described and definedin the claims.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar letters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the figures.

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a side gored shoe having mywater-tight improve- Fig. 2 is a similar view thereof, with parts brokenout to better show the improved water-tight lining for the gore. Fig. 3is a cross section through one side of the shoe, as indicated byline 3-3in Fig. 1. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of a shoe having the elasticgores at the front, parts being broken away. Fig. 5 is a side elevationof a boot fitted with elastic gores having my improved watertightlining, parts being broken away; and Fig. 6 is a horizontal sectiontaken on the line 6-6 in Fig. 5.

Heretofore the necessity of making linings of elastic gores yielding hasprevented the production of a yielding lining that also would bewater-tight. In my improvement, the lining is both yielding andwater-tight, and presents as well a substantially smooth surface to thefoot.

In'the shoe shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3, the

elastic gores A are secured in the upper at the sides, and my improvedlining B covers the same, at the inside, its side edges normallyextending about to the side edges of the gore. The side edges of thelining B are united to the upper, or to the lining thereof, by a bellowsor accordion connection 0. Thus in the arrangement shown the forwardedges d of the lining D, at the back of the upper, are continued beneaththe lining B, between the same and the elastic gore A, and each edgethus continued is united to the the bellows fold or accordion fold asshown.

The elastic goring normally acts to maintain the bellows fold beneaththe lining B, but it will be seen that upon the elastic being distendedby the insertion of the foot, the lining will yield correspondingly andwill present the while a substantially smooth surface to the foot.

The lining B and elastic A are preferably united at the top at thecenter, by a small strip a of leather, which is sewed to both. In thisform of shoe, I also prefer to provide four tug straps a, two front andtwo rear, as shown.

In the form of shoe shown in Fig. 4, the elastic gores A, are at thefront, one at each side of the central strip E of the upper, anda singlelining B is provided, that is, one having one bellows fold O for eachelastic gore,

the said folds being at the side edges of the lining B, at the rear sideedges of the elastic gores, and the lining is stitched at the center tothe central strip E. 7 preferably are formed the same as in the formfirst described, by the forward edges d, of the main lining and by theadditional strips 1), corresponding to the strips b.

In the manufacture of boots embodying my invention, two elastic gores AA are let into the boot, one at each side of the instep, and my improvedlining B is secured at its center by stitching to the strip E, whichintervenes the gores. The outer side edges of the lining B are formedwithbeL lows folds O in the same manner as described in connection withFig. 4:, and at its lower end it follows the lines of the instep, andpreferably is fastened to form the complete lining of the front of the'upper, or it may be joined to the upper lining.

In the forms shown in Figs. 4 and 5 an additional means of maintainingthe bellows fold in position is provided consisting of an The bellowsfolds laterally extensible and will yield readily meeting at an angle tolie substantially flat and permit the distension of the gore, and by oneach other, and covered and concealed by I 5 means of the invention aproper fit at the said lining, substantially as described. ankle may beobtained Without aifecting the 2. A boot or shoe having an elastic gore,5 water tight feature. and a Water-tight lining connected with theHaving thus fully described my invention, shoe by a bellows connection,and elastic I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters stripsforming an additional connection be- 20 Patenttween the said lining andthe shoe, substan- 1. A boot or shoe having an elastic gore, a tially asdescribed. [0 water-tight lining for the gore and a bellows THOMAS F.MARSHALL.

fold connecting the edges of the lining with \Vitnesses: the boot orshoe, the members of the bellows FRANCIS MoALLIsTnR, fold lying normallybeneath the lining and DAVID BERWICK.

